Crate for bottles.



- W. G. SEIFERT;

CRATE FOR 3 ES. APPLICATION rum) NE 29, 1908.

914,080. Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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WILLIAM G. SEIFERT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CRATE FOR BOTTLES.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed June 29, 1908. Serial No. 440,840.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM C. SEIFERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Crates for Bottles, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to crates for bottles; it has for its object an improved crate for the temporary storing of, the carriage of, and protection of, bottle packages.

In the drawings :Figure 1, is a plan view. Fig. 2, is an end elevation. Fig. 3, is a perspective of a single socket.

The crate consists essentially of a rectangular box-like structure 1, preferably of metal, with a heavily reinforced upper edge 2, and a heavily reinforced lower edge 3. At each corner of the box, and on the upper side thereof, is a brace member l, which rises above the general edge of the reinforced part 2, and is secured to the inside of the box; that part of this brace which rises above the edge of the rectangular part of the case is adapted to engage inside the bottom rim of another similar crate, whereby a number of cases may be stored one on top of the other, and held securely to each other by the engagement of the reinforcing brace member 4 inside of the lower reinforced edge member 3 of the box, which rests above it. At the bottom the box is provided with longitudinal bars and cross bars, the longi tudinal bars 5, 10 and 7 being properly spaced to engage under the diametrical lines of bottles placed in the crate, and the cross bars 9, and 11 being. arranged across the case to support the longitudinal bars.

Upon each longitudinal bar, at proper intervals, are secured individual clip members for the bottles. Each clip member consists of a pair of bent wires shown in detail in Fig. 3; the wire of each member is so bent and secured as to provide two resilient jaw members to engage each bottle. A pair of clip members comprising four jaw members constitute a socket to engage each bottle. In order to produce the jaw members, and afford the proper amount of resiliency, the wire of each member is bent from its point of support about its longitudinal bar outward on a horizontal line for a distance equal to about the radius of the bottle to be engaged in the socket. Then at the point l2 the wire rises on a vertical line 12 for a proper distance to correspond with the height of the bottle to be used in the clip, and for a distance which will equal from onethird'to one-half the height of the bottle. The wire is then bent at a right-angle and given a quadrant are 13. At the end of the quadrant arc, the wire is bent sharply downward on a nearly vertical line 14, thence bent on a horizontal line across the bar 7 with a horizontal member 15, rising again with a vertical member 16 to the point 16 from whence it is given a quadrant curve 17 to the point 17 bent sharply downward for a distance equal to the length of the riser from 12 turned at right angles at 17 and bent in with the member 18 to meet the member 12, where both ends of the wire are secured to the longitudinal bar 7. The companion member of the clip is of the same shape and construction. The two together when secured to the longitudinal bar, presents a circular socket divided into four quadrants, with each quadrant capable of an independent motion, and each quadrant resilient in its actions. If the circle be slightly less than the circumference of the bottle to be used, the bottle is easily forced into the socket, and the socket grips it with a sure grip, and prevents all rattling or danger of breakage.

What I claim is 1. A crate for bottles, having in combination with an inclosing case, longitudinally extending bars across the bottom portion thereof, and a plurality of pairs of oppositely arranged resilient clip members rising from said bar, the upper rim of each of said members constituting an arc of a common circle, adapted to cooperate in yieldingly engaging about a bottle inserted therebetween, substantially as described.

2. In a crate, in combination with a laterally inclosing frame, a plurality of bars extending across the bottom portion thereof, and brace members arranged thereon, each member comprising a plurality of oppositely disposed are members of uniform curvature, adapted to engage about a bottle, and supporting portions therefor whereon said are members are supported at the desired dis tance above said bars, substantially as described.

depending therefrom to thedesire'd points of attachment along, the bar, whereby each set of clips is causedto resiliently engage the sides of a bottle inserted between the mem 15 bers thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification' in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. SEIFERT.

Witnesses: V I

CHARLES E. BURTON, VIRGINIA O. SPRATT. 

